Dr. Luther takes a page from Ripley in "Aliens," and brings a walking, nail-gunning ride.
Finding gun-toting religious partisans, he decides they can hang around by their sleeves,
until they decide to talk.

Dr. Luther is still trying to maintain some "street cred" as an evil mad scientist, so he
planted a story that he's angry at a big loss in pet sales. It's too obvious he's really
concerned about what kind of world his nephew Peter will have when he grows up.